The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-03-24

fiat. The wife saw It go of to second
hand dealer with great pain at her heart
and tears starting to her eyes. The hus-
band seemed to treat the matter with alb
solute flippancy. He didn't me6n to, but
his thoughts were so engaged with the
picture on which he was working that all
this seemed Of very little Importance. He
gave her the paiHy little money arising
from the sale with the remark:
81 Nov, pet, you can pay some of those
bills and get yourself new dress"
How little he knew about those bills;
how little he knew about the struggles Of
this little woman to make the few dollars
60 as far as they would. What did he
actually know of the planning which it
required to secure the plain meals which
5 he. ate without question! These were
the sordid things with which the young
wife had to live day in and day out, and
these were the miserable things which
with wonanly loyalty and tenderness she
kept from him. She would not disturb
him at his work. He would soon sell
picture and then everything would'be ali
right. Well, picture was sold. Their
debts were paid and they had few dol
lars to 70 on with. Then the months
passed and they slowly drifted back again
to where they were before. And all the
time the pretty young wife was growing
thin and paler and careworn. Her eyes
had lost their merry sparkle, her hair was
no longer glossy, her full red lips were
drawn lightly as II In pain. Her wardrobe
had been slowly exhausted and had been
'cheaply replenished. When she went to
an art reception now she appeared one OF
the most commonplace of young women,
with worn look In her eyes and crushed
manner. She had struggled with poverty
and she bore the marks of the struggle
around with her..
9 On such occasions her husband was
dressed quite as cheaply as she was. But
otherwise look at the difference between
: them. He Is erect and confident He
carries his head proudly. There Is alert
Intelligence in his glancs, and hemoves
about, the peer Of any one in the room
He has lived with the creatures OF his
own Imagination. His mind has not been
stained and degraded with the grinding
!, ,commonplaces.o of life. This has been his
little wife's fate In order that he may
: give his pictures TO the world, she has
{ lived with an nsol stove, with tin pans and
coffee pots.-. She. has. haggled with the
butcher, put the bakers bill off, gotten
!, the coal on credit, and atthe same time
has made an entire costume for herself at
the expenditure of 50. And her hands
are hard, her thoughts fly 1owi She has
not had the spirit to keepsup with the
world around her. She hasseVen lost her
interest in her husbands work, although
her sympathy in 1t when they started was
skeen and strong, and he was indebted to
her then for many yaluahl ahle-.agge ggestions.
'7And under such co1s ..ons their life flows
At last Gne fortune which, sooner or
inter, but usually later, comes to, every
good artist came to Smith. His pictures
began, to sell Then the art dealers did
scome to him. BE could sell everything
she painted he was invited everywhere,
!. and with his wife hand dsomely dressed he
went: everywhere, and Mrs. Murray Hill
sees her and says, as she looks through
her gold eyeglasses across the drawing
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